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Poetry: Manic depression

by Alice McKinnion

Marked by happiness

Too, too much happiness

I can't take this all in

Do I deserve or enjoy this?  


Catch me in a lie

I feel so high

Silly me floating in the sky

Do I want to die?  


I want it to rain

To fall fast from above

To drown in sorrow

To not live for tomorrow  


Too happy I am

I don't deserve such things

Breathing without depression

Living a life worth living  


Marked by happiness

It's too much to stand

All the beauty in the world

Makes this day more imperfect than I am

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